Plot, Conflict, and "Checkouts"

Please be sure that you have read the story. Here are a few things that we discusses about plot, conflict, and "Checkouts."

1. Write down, in order, the five elements of plot.

2. Which element of plot is the turning point of the story?

3. Which element of plot ties up loose ends?

4. What two things does the exposition introduce?

5. Which element of plot brings the story to a reasonable ending?

6. What are the two main types of conflict?

7. What event makes up the climax of “Checkouts?”

8. Who is the main character in “Checkouts?”

9. What is the setting of "Checkouts?"

10. How does the story end?